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Artificial Intelligence
Petwealth Uses AI to Turn Pet Lab Results Into Action
September 01, 2026

Angelo Palivos built Petwealth after losing his own pet to an illness that a diagnostic lab couldn’t catch in time. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Payments Innovation
Why Merchants Get Better Results When Their Payment Systems Work Together
September 01, 2026

Adding payment processors is relatively easy. Getting substantially better payment performance from the resulting network appears to be much harder. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....

Retail
Rundoo Bets Independent Supply Stores Are Vertical Software’s Next Big Market
September 01, 2026

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Artificial Intelligence
Retail Investing Opens Up to AI Assistants
August 31, 2026

Scalable Capital became the first bank in Europe to open its investment platform directly to outside artificial intelligence assistants on Aug. 25, letting customers connect ChatGPT, Claude or Grok to a real brokerage account holding actual money, Scalable Capital said in its announcement. Get the...

Global Payments
ISO 20022’s Next Phase Stalled by Corporate Data Gaps
August 31, 2026

The payments industry has largely converted its cross-border messaging infrastructure to ISO 20022. Its next challenge is getting structured address data to match the new messaging standard. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Artificial Intelligence
Hackers Target Claude Accounts With Malware That Steals Login Sessions
August 31, 2026

Cybercriminals are targeting users of Anthropic’s Claude artificial intelligence (AI) platform with malware that can steal authenticated login sessions, potentially allowing attackers to access accounts without passwords or two-factor authentication. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

Investments
Bolt Seeks Up to $27 Million as CEO Works to Revive Company
August 31, 2026

Ryan Breslow is seeking up to $27 million in bridge financing for Bolt, the payments startup he co-founded, as he works to stabilize the company and position it for a larger funding round, according to TechCrunch. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

Retail
Burlington Shrinks Clothing Prices Following $55 Million Tariff Refund 
August 31, 2026

Off-price clothing retailer Burlington is the latest company using tariff refunds to reduce prices. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By...

Artificial Intelligence
Instagram Looks to Limit AI-Created Accounts Posing as Human
August 31, 2026

Instagram says its users don’t appreciate discovering that a human-looking profile is actually AI-generated. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today....